State roster

Top names in Maryland

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Maryland birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,441 Maryland births in 1996 across 1,397 distinct names.

Distinctively Maryland

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Maryland more than they say America.

#68Diamond#179 nationally
#83Darius#182 nationally
#95Deja#182 nationally
#93Brady#176 nationally
#98Andre#173 nationally
#90Donald#158 nationally
#94Keith#159 nationally
#39Malik#97 nationally
#73Rachael#128 nationally
#82Lindsay#134 nationally
#71Casey#121 nationally
#77Colin#126 nationally

Girls

#1Emily488US #1
#2Sarah452US #4
#3Rachel410US #9
#4Ashley407US #3
#5Jessica401US #2
#6Taylor394US #6
#7Kayla361US #11
#8Samantha351US #5
#9Hannah328US #7
#10Megan308US #12
#11Alexis306US #8
#12Amanda274US #13
#13Elizabeth269US #10
#14Lauren254US #16
#15Brianna238US #17
#16Brittany236US #14
#17Alexandra232US #26
#18Rebecca223US #24
#19Danielle212US #29
#20Katherine212US #31
#21Morgan212US #25
#22Courtney204US #21
#23Victoria199US #18
#24Jennifer190US #19
#25Brooke188US #45
#26Jasmine188US #28
#27Amber180US #27
#28Nicole177US #22
#29Allison171US #38
#30Stephanie169US #20
#31Olivia168US #34
#32Anna165US #33
#33Abigail163US #32
#34Kelsey158US #36
#35Madison158US #15
#36Erin156US #51
#37Julia156US #48
#38Mary146US #44
#39Kaitlyn138US #40
#40Sydney138US #39
#41Jordan136US #49
#42Shannon131US #80
#43Emma129US #53
#44Gabrielle126US #54
#45Destiny120US #56
#46Sara120US #50
#47Natalie118US #46
#48Christina117US #57
#49Kelly117US #73
#50Alyssa116US #23
#51Tiffany113US #52
#52Haley112US #30
#53Shelby112US #35
#54Briana109US #72
#55Sierra109US #62
#56Michelle108US #47
#57Kimberly106US #41
#58Caroline101US #78
#59Madeline101US #67
#60Caitlin98US #84
#61Chelsea98US #55
#62Melissa92US #42
#63Jenna91US #83
#64Grace90US #94
#65Laura89US #66
#66Kristen88US #70
#67Catherine87US #95
#68Diamond87US #179
#69Katelyn87US #64
#70Paige87US #65
#71Casey86US #121
#72Margaret86US #105
#73Rachael86US #128
#74Andrea85US #61
#75Sabrina85US #58
#76Erica84US #79
#77Breanna83US #74
#78Kathryn83US #87
#79Heather82US #71
#80Bethany81US #117
#81Amy77US #88
#82Lindsay77US #134
#83Lindsey76US #86
#84Meghan75US #113
#85Miranda75US #76
#86Carly72US #126
#87Savannah72US #43
#88Maria71US #37
#89Leah70US #98
#90Cheyenne68US #68
#91Molly68US #99
#92Autumn66US #104
#93Melanie65US #119
#94Angela64US #90
#95Deja64US #182
#96Monica64US #82
#97Mariah63US #63
#98Marissa62US #59
#99Claire61US #116
#100Jamie59US #96

Boys

#1Michael770US #1
#2Matthew645US #2
#3Christopher585US #4
#4Nicholas546US #6
#5Joshua544US #5
#6Jacob498US #3
#7Brandon492US #8
#8William482US #18
#9James477US #17
#10Tyler476US #7
#11Andrew471US #10
#12Ryan471US #16
#13John467US #15
#14Joseph467US #12
#15Zachary438US #14
#16Daniel429US #11
#17David411US #13
#18Alexander383US #22
#19Robert380US #23
#20Justin371US #20
#21Anthony331US #19
#22Kevin330US #26
#23Kyle316US #25
#24Thomas313US #28
#25Benjamin301US #29
#26Austin299US #9
#27Jonathan272US #21
#28Jordan253US #27
#29Samuel244US #30
#30Brian238US #36
#31Timothy225US #40
#32Charles223US #43
#33Christian221US #24
#34Eric219US #35
#35Patrick213US #44
#36Sean193US #46
#37Aaron191US #34
#38Adam181US #39
#39Malik179US #97
#40Nathan170US #37
#41Dylan169US #33
#42Steven160US #38
#43Cody159US #31
#44Devin153US #60
#45Jason146US #41
#46Richard145US #45
#47Mark134US #55
#48Cameron133US #49
#49Connor129US #54
#50Noah128US #50
#51Marcus126US #87
#52Paul123US #78
#53Evan121US #65
#54Kenneth120US #77
#55Gregory118US #98
#56Stephen117US #59
#57Jeremy114US #56
#58Ian111US #70
#59Corey110US #94
#60Hunter107US #47
#61Logan107US #42
#62Luke105US #75
#63Bradley103US #83
#64Travis100US #73
#65Nathaniel98US #69
#66Alex97US #53
#67Garrett95US #85
#68Brett94US #110
#69Jack94US #89
#70Isaiah93US #71
#71Jesse93US #51
#72Collin90US #115
#73Edward87US #96
#74Bryan85US #66
#75Jeffrey84US #72
#76Caleb83US #48
#77Colin83US #126
#78Shawn82US #111
#79Antonio81US #80
#80Scott79US #108
#81Chase76US #76
#82Peter75US #95
#83Darius74US #182
#84Elijah73US #81
#85Lucas71US #93
#86Jared70US #64
#87Trevor68US #63
#88Gabriel67US #61
#89Brendan66US #131
#90Donald66US #158
#91Ethan66US #62
#92Shane66US #112
#93Brady64US #176
#94Keith64US #159
#95Tristan64US #68
#96Dustin63US #79
#97Vincent62US #116
#98Andre61US #173
#99Dominic60US #135
#100Seth60US #103

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑35Noah#50
↑28Jack#69
↑23Hunter#60
↑22Isaiah#70
↑19Destiny#45
↑19Briana#54
↑18Bethany#80
↑16Caitlin#60

Falling

↓23Miranda#85
↓22Katelyn#69
↓22Shane#92
↓21Jeffrey#75
↓20Kathryn#78
↓20Dominic#99
↓18Mariah#97
↓17Bradley#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.